Windows 10 quick tips: How to protect your privacy
Worried about possible privacy problems in Windows 10? We offer some quick and easy ways to protect your data.
Stories by Preston Gralla
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How to handle Windows 10 updates
Microsoft's new updating procedure for Windows 10 can be confusing -- and annoying. We've detailed exactly what happens, and a few strategies for getting around it.
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Technology can reduce gun violence
Smart guns can make firearms usable only by their owners. So why are pro-gun forces opposed?
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Deep-dive review: Microsoft's Lumia 950 phone introduces mobile Windows 10
With its Lumia 950 smartphone, Microsoft has also introduced the initial version of its Windows 10 interface for phones. But while both are interesting, neither is earth-shaking.
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Review: In Office 2016 for Windows, collaboration takes center stage
Long available in rivals such as Google Docs, real-time collaborative editing finally comes to Microsoft Office, along with a handful of other useful improvements.
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Review: Office 2016 for Mac offers a new interface and better features
With the new Office 2016 for Mac, Microsoft has finally brought the OS X version of its office suite up to the standards of the Windows product. We take a close look at the preview.
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Windows 10: Public enemy No. 1, or an OS like any other?
It’s been denounced in the Russian parliament and reviled as a privacy nightmare — all for doing things that are common to all modern OSs.
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4 overblown Windows 10 worries
There are a lot of alarms going off about Windows 10's effect on your security and privacy. We look at the four top concerns to find out whether they're true or not, and tell you what you can do about them.
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Bloatware: What it is and how to get rid of it
Many Windows PCs are sold laden with unnecessary -- or even harmful -- software. We look at what you might find on your new system and how to get rid of it.
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Windows 10: Microsoft lays its smartphone ambitions to rest
The company wants us to believe that Universal apps — usable on all Windows 10 devices — will save the day for Windows Phone. It’s already clear that won’t be happening.
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Everything you need to know about Windows 10
Windows 10 has been one of the most anticipated Windows releases in Microsoft history -- especially given the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2948467/emerging-technology/good-riddance-windows-8.html">issues with Windows 8</a>, the result of Microsoft's decision to build an operating system that works on both touch and non-touch systems.
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Windows 10: What we like, what we don't like
Computerworld contributing writer/reviewer Preston Gralla summarizes three features of Windows 10 that he likes and two features he doesn't like. The new operating system from Microsoft launches for consumers on Wednesday, July 29.
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Deep-dive review: Windows 10 - worth the wait
Finally, an operating system from Microsoft you can love.
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9 reasons not to upgrade to Windows 10 -- yet
Windows 10 is here - and many users (especially those who have been wrestling with Windows 8) are probably eager to upgrade. But even if you can get it now -- the upgrade will be sent first to <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2944212/microsoft-windows/windows-10-release-date-delayed-itbwcw.html">those who signed up for the Windows Insider beta program</a> and then in "slow waves" to everyone else -- you may want to hold off.
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Review: Norton Security -- simpler and still a winner
Once upon a time, Symantec's brand of Norton security software had one of the most confusing lineups around -- products included Norton 360, <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2488677/application-security/7-all-in-one-security-suites-anti-malware-for-all-your-devices.html?nsdr=true&page=5">Norton 360 Multi-Device</a>, Norton Anti-Virus and Norton Internet Security. Trying to decide which product was the best for you -- not to mention the best priced -- was no picnic.
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